Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.
Floor of mouth dermoid.
Of the dermoid.
A 13 year old child developed fever and headache.
Cysts superficial to geniohyoid may cause posterosuperior displacement of the tongue dysphonia dysphagia 3 or airway obstruction 4.
The congenital form according to the main theory originates from embryonic cells of the 1st and 2nd branchial arch.
Floor of mouth dermoid cysts account for 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 2 and they usually present as a midline symmetrical slowly enlarging lesion.
A dermoid cyst in the floor of mouth accounts for 1 1 6 of all dermoid cysts 1 3 4.
Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth oral surg oral med oral pathol.
The acquired form may be due to traumatic or iatrogenic causes and as a result of the occlusion of a sebaceous gland duct.
Cystic lesions of the floor of the mouth are well recognised and can be congenital or acquired.
Ranula dermoid cysts and epidermoid cysts.
Generally they present during the 2nd 3rd decade of life with no sex preponderance 1 5.
False sialoceles hydatid cysts and thyroglossal duct cysts 3.
A ranula is a mucus retention cyst arising from a sublingual or minor salivary gland.
Dermoid cysts dermoids of the floor of the mouth.
The main differential includes.
Clinically a cystic midline swelling moving with deglutition was palpable in the submental region with suspicious extension into sublingual space.